One of the most common arguments for not addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas pollution is that the solutions are cost-prohibitive. However, amidst Iowa’s massive expansion of windpower, our average electricity prices have remained below the national average and in fact have not increased as quickly as the national average price in the last four years (2005 to 2008).

The argument that renewable energy only works because of subsidies is not convincing. Federal subsidies for fossil fuels from 2002 to 2008 totaled $70.2 billion, compared to just $12.2 billion for renewable energy.

As for the argument that Spain's promotion of renewable energy destroyed jobs, I dealt with that in this post: